Storms cause some damage in Arkansas County

A hazardous weather outlook remains in affect for Arkansas County as a cold front gradually moves southeast through the state.

Sarah Morris

A hazardous weather outlook remains in affect for Arkansas County as a cold front gradually moves southeast through the state. Showers and thunderstorms are possible throughout Tuesday.

Sean Clarke, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said there wouldn’t be much more rain in Arkansas County following the storm that swept through Arkansas late Monday knocking out power for at least 722 Arkansas County residents, about 120 in Stuttgart. Across the state, more than 20,000 customers were without power.

In the northern district, Clarke said the National Weather Service’s radar, which tends to run high if there was hail involved, reported more than 8 inches of rain received while the area east of DeWitt received more than seven inches of rain. The St. Charles area received about five inches.

On Tuesday, Arkansas County Judge Glenn “Sonny” Cox said it doesn’t look like the northern district was damaged as much as the southern district, although he was still out assessing damage in the county.

Damage, for the most part, centered around fallen trees and power lines with no personal injuries reported. Three roads in the southern district were closed until trees and power lines could be picked up.

In the northern district, there were about 120 Stuttgart residents, 18 Humphrey and 32 Almyra residents without power while there were about 547 residents without power in the southern district near Crockett’s Bluff and St. Charles. Entergy reported Tuesday that pockets of Arkansas County residents remain without power, including 29 in Stuttgart. Repairs could take until 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Cox said the only other damage he has heard about was a Tichnor resident who had a tree fall on his truck. He said more information would be available later Tuesday morning.